Yashwant Sinha called demonetisation and GST as "unmitigated economic disasters", which led to the sinking of many business and job losses for "countless millions".

File photo of former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha. (Reuters)

New Delhi: BJP Veteran and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha hit out against the Central government's economic performance in his opinion piece titled, "I need to speak up now". Sinha called demonetisation and GST as "unmitigated economic disasters", which led to the sinking of many business and job losses for "countless millions".

His tirade against his own party's government has drawn applause from the opposition, which took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter. Here are a few top ones:

Finance Minister during the UPA-2 regime, P Chidambaram spoke of Sinha’s truths to those in power:

Yashwant Sinha speaks Truth to Power. Will Power now admit the Truth that economy is sinking?